How do se convert grams on breast tissus into cc (or ml)?

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How do se convert grams on breast tissus into cc (or ml)? Exemple; 160g of breast tissus = ? Is il comparable to implants' volume? Thank you for your answer!

Trefor Nodwell, MD · Answer

Good morning,There is no perfect relationship between breast tissue weight and volume. It depends on the percentage of fat and actual breast tissue that make up the specimen.That being said it has been my experience that when I weigh breast tissue and also use volume displacement to assess its volume, the numbers tend to be almost the same. That is 150grams of tissue often takes up approximately 150cc of volume.As far as how implant volume and breast volume relate, that is far more variable. Implant volume (whether saline or silicone) tends to be more firm or rigid than natural tissue. Any given volume of implant tends to increase the apparent size and projection of the breast more than the same volume of natural breast tissue.Hope this was helpful.All the best. Dr Nodwell

Steven Wallach, MD · Answer

Grams = cc's.  100 gms of tissue is 100 cc's of fluid, that is the metric system. .Good luck with  your surgery.

John Dean, MD · Answer

454 grams is one pound.  One cc of water weighs one gram.  So if you remove 227 grams of breast tissue ( which is somewhere near the density of water), it would be similar to removing a 227cc implant.

How do se convert grams on breast tissus into cc (or ml)?

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